Directives & Certificates

The following is intended to assist with the administration of the Torrens system in Sherburne County. Please contact David Meyers if you have any questions.  When an Examiner’s approval is required – PDF Printable Version

I.  Examiner’s Approval and Certification Prior to Recording is Needed for all Title Transfers, Including Some Liens (generally not mortgages), Easements, Platting, etc., Which Involve any of the Following:

• Trust documents
• Probate documents (PR’s Deed or Decree)
• Guardian or Conservator’s Documents
• Religious Corporation Documents
• POAs and Affidavit by Attorney-in-Fact

II. Examiners Directives

• • To alter names, marital status, state of incorporation, etc.
• • To transfer certificate to purchaser of tax title (if 10 years since filing of Auditor’s Certificate of Forfeiture, sale or State Assignment Certification)
• • After vacation of street or alley – to add accruing portion to the certificate
• • Condo documents – CIC’s type condos
• • To drop old documents which have expired by their terms or are outlawed by statute
• • After mortgage foreclosure by action
• • Plat corrections (RLS)
• • Where the Divorce Decree or Summary Real Estate
• • Disposition Judgment is being used to transfer title
• • After eminent domain proceedings
• • To drop racial restrictions
• • Transfers, Affidavits of Survivorship, etc., related to or §§
  >514.991 – 514.995 (Medical Assistance Liens) Minn. Stat. § 256B.15
• • To drop easements or restrictions which may appear on the Certificate of Title, but do not
  affect the title shown on the Certificate.

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How to get one?

Email a copy of the Deed and related documents to David Meyers at dmeyers@rinkenoonan.com or fax it to him at 320-656-3500.

Send a $170.00 check for the Examiner’s fee to Rinke Noonan Law Firm at 1015 W. St. Germain St., Suite 300 US Bank Plaza, St. Cloud, MN 56301, and reference File No. 16602.048

Or mail the original documents together with a $170.00 check payable to Rinke Noonan. Include instructions on whether to return the documents or send them to the Registrar of Titles.

The cost for a Certification or Directive is usually $170.00. The cost may be higher in complex cases.